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Daily Readings for Monday, August 21, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 20, 2017 at 2:25 pm Reading 1: Judges 2:11-19, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106:43-44, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106:34-37, Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 106:39-40, Gospel: ...
Prayer for the Sick and Seniors: Prayer of the Day for Monday, August 21, 2017
Catholic Online - Featured News - Aug 20, 2017 at 2:25 pm All praise and glory are yours,
Lord our God.
For you have called us to serve you and one another in love.
Bless our sick today so that they ...
Pope St. Pius X’s Words Speak to the Church Today
Big C Catholics - Aug 20, 2017 at 2:02 pm Perhaps the most eloquent testimony to Saint Pius X's life spent in the service of God is the inscription on his tomb in the crypt of the basilica of St. Peter's: “Born poor and...
Pope St. Pius X, Undaunted Champion of the Faith
Big C Catholics - Aug 20, 2017 at 1:00 pm Memorial - August 21stSt, Pius X did great things for the Church during his relatively brief pontificate — he was pope from 1903 until 1914. He is perhaps best remembered as the "...
Daily Telegraph backs old guard in row over Church of England's 'Alpha' evangelicals
GetReligion - Aug 20, 2017 at 1:00 pm The Daily Telegraph has leapt into a dispute between two factions of a London church, offering its support to traditionalists who dislike changes brought by a new priest and the...
Catholic leaders urge prayers, unity after attacks in Spain
Franciscan Media - Aug 20, 2017 at 12:36 pm OXFORD, England (CNS) — Spanish church leaders urged prayers and national unity after two terrorist attacks left at least 19 people dead.
Pope Francis, U.S. bishops and others...
Homily for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 27, 2017, Year A
Big C Catholics - Aug 20, 2017 at 12:07 pm Fr. Charles IrvinSenior PriestDiocese of Lansing(Click here for today’s readings)We don’t often think of it, but the gospels are loaded with questions. Sometimes it seems like...
Creation reflects God’s justice
Aleteia - Aug 20, 2017 at 10:00 am It cannot help but object to the forces of violence, malice, and death.In Wikipedia there is an entry called “Little Ice Age” — a term that was introduced to the scientific world...
Pope Francis prays for end to ‘inhuman violence’ after recent terrorist attacks
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:22 am Vatican City, Aug 20, 2017 / 08:22 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Sunday Pope Francis prayed for the victims of recent terrorist attacks in Spain, Burkina Faso and Finland, asking the...
Pope Francis prays for end to 'inhuman violence' after recent terrorist attacks
EWTN - Vatican News - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:22 am Vatican City, Aug 20, 2017 / 09:22 am (EWTN News/CNA).- On Sunday Pope Francis prayed for the victims of recent terrorist
attacks in Spain, Burkina Faso and Finland, asking the...
Peters on Nichols
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2017 at 9:00 am The distinguished theologian Fr. Aidan Nichols, OP, recently gave a talk to a group of Anglican and Orthodox (both of whom are not yet in union with the Pope of Rome) about what...
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Aug 20, 2017 at 8:29 am It’s the 11th Sunday after Pentecost or else the 20th Ordinary Sunday. Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during the Holy Mass in fulfillment your of Sunday...
“God free the world from the inhumane violence of terrorism”
Vatican Insider - Aug 20, 2017 at 6:20 am The Pope expresses his sorrow for the recent terror attacks and begs the lord during the Angelus to free the world from the "inhumane violence" of terrorism. “We carry in our...
Pope condemns “inhuman violence” of recent terroristic attacks
News.va - Aug 20, 2017 at 6:10 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his sorrow for a series of deadly terror attacks in recent days and condemned the “inhuman violence” that spawned them. His...
Thousands of South Sudanese find refuge in Cathedral
EWTN - World Catholic News - Aug 20, 2017 at 4:02 am Wau, South Sudan, Aug 20, 2017 / 04:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).- As the civil war in South Sudan heightens, millions are fleeing their
homes for safer ground, which many have found at...
Thousands of South Sudanese find refuge in Cathedral
Catholic News Agency - General - Aug 20, 2017 at 4:02 am Wau, South Sudan, Aug 20, 2017 / 03:02 am (CNA/EWTN News).- As the civil war in South Sudan heightens, millions are fleeing their homes for safer ground, which many have found at...
Daily Gospel Reflection for August 20, 2017 - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
CatholicMom.com - Aug 20, 2017 at 3:30 am Today’s Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Canaanite woman gives a great example of how to pray. She comes on the scene shouting, crying out to Jesus in a...
You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.
Aleteia - Aug 20, 2017 at 3:00 am Flannery O'Connor
Bishops clash with Evo Morales over protection of indigenous land
Catholic Herald - Aug 20, 2017 at 1:23 am Church leaders in Bolivia are opposing a controversial new law that strips protection from a national park and indigenous territory. The measure, signed into law by President Evo...
